Bill Text: MS HB1387 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Board of supervisors; revise time period in which notice of emergency meeting is required to be given.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Failed) 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee [HB1387 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2011-HB1387-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2011 Regular Session
To: County Affairs
By: Representatives Hamilton (6th), Jennings, Mayhall, Weathersby, Woods
House Bill 1387
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 19-3-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO CALL AN EMERGENCY MEETING UPON THREE HOURS NOTICE DELIVERED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 19-3-19, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
19-3-19. The board of supervisors may, at a regular meeting, by an order on its minutes, adjourn to meet at any time it may determine upon. The president, or the vice president in the absence or disability of the president, or any two (2) members of the board, may call special meetings when deemed necessary. Notice shall be given of all special meetings, for at least five (5) days, by advertisement posted at the courthouse door, or published in a newspaper of the county, and the notice thereof, whether posted or published in a newspaper, shall be entered in full on the minutes of said meeting. However, in cases of emergency arising as a result of serious damage to county property, or to roads or bridges, or as a result of epidemic or weather conditions, or where immediate action is required for the repair or reconstruction of county roads or bridges, special meetings of the board of supervisors may be called by the president, or the vice president in the absence or disability of the president, or any two (2) members of the board, for the purpose of considering such emergency matters and taking appropriate action * * *, upon three hours notice given to each member of the board of supervisors in person, or by leaving a copy thereof at his usual place of residence. The order providing for an adjourned meeting, and the notice of a special meeting, shall specify each matter of business to be transacted thereat, and at such adjourned or special meetings business shall not be transacted which is not specified in the order or notice for such meeting.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2011.
